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'Vanya' on Lake Lucille: an exuberant weeklong retreat propels actors head-first into Chekhov's depths.(CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK)(performance of Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya)

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From: American Theatre
Date: 20071101
Author:Fleischmann, Stephanie

Actor Boris McGiver is swimming for his life. Giant smoke rings waft above the water as he dodges not two but seven bullets fired with cockamamie precision by the inimitable Bill Irwin, Vanya to McGiver's Serebriakov. The gout-ridden professor's marathon swim is the denouement of a wild goose-chase, a madcap round-robin that swirls through and around the home of directors Brian Mertes and Melissa Kievman on Lake Lucille in New City, N.Y.

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Along the way, Serebriakov co-opts a concertina and attempts to disguise himself as a member of a Balkan-style ...

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